Getty Knicks target Ben Simmons Three-time NBA All-Star and former Rookie of the Year Ben Simmons has turned down a one-year veteran minimum offer from the New York Knicks , longtime NBA insider Marc Stein reported Monday on his “The Stein Line” newsletter. According to Stein, the Knicks were limited to offering Simmons only a minimum contract as training camps get near. New York sits $3.7 million under the NBA’s second-apron threshold after using its taxpayer midlevel exception to sign French